Agel – together with The Outpost, Habagat Outdoor Equipment, and the Cebu Folding Bike Society – held the Bike4U Fun Ride on 25 June 2011 for the benefit of the Bike4U Foundation.
Around 350 bikers, on various kinds of bikes, cycled around Cebu City for a common and noble cause. The fund ride started and ended at The Outpost in Lahug, where participants were treated to live music, as well as raffle prizes from the sponsors.
Via the 50-peso registration fee, bikers donated their money, time, and efforts to a foundation that has given and continues to give second-hand bicycles to school children in far-flung municipalities. Beneficiaries can then use the bikes for going to and from school, or for helping their parents with their livelihood.
Jens Funk and Martin Langevoord – a.k.a the Bugoy Bikers; and authors of the bike trail guidebook, Cycling Philippines – started the foundation, based on the belief: “A bike should be a right, not a privilege.â€
With donors “buying†the kilometers that they cover on their bike tours, they have donated more than 60,000 pesos by biking on the Roof of The World – Karakoram Highway in 2006; from Ilocos Sur, through Sierra Madre, to Isabela – the widest part of Luzon in 2007; through the whole of Mongolia in 2008; and on the Pamir Highway – Tajikistan in 2009.
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For more information regarding the Bike4U tours, visit www.bugoybikers.com.